The Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, with programs ranked nationally by U.S. News and World Report, has a proud heritage dating back to the founding of Iowa State Agricultural College (later Iowa State University) as a land grant institution in 1869. We’ve seen extraordinary advancement in research and teaching methods since then. Still, we keep a dedication to excellence that has carried from past to present.
In our department:
- Civil engineers leave their legacy by designing resilient and sustainable infrastructure that impacts us every day and improves the quality of life. The designs must meet the needs of people, often under very challenging conditions.
- Construction engineers enable designs to become reality. They participate in teams responsible for developing proposals, managing projects, solving problems and getting the job done using the latest methods.
- Environmental engineers develop new and innovative solutions to the problems that directly impact people’s lives such as climate change, water supply, and soil, water and air pollution to create efficient, healthy and resilient systems.
